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California Legislature · Statewide General Election

State Senator, District 2

Draft candidate list — early preview until the state’s official list publishes on August 27, 2026.

On the ballot

Damon Connolly — Democratic
Tief Gibbs — Republican

This person holds your district's seat in the California State Senate (4-year term).

Record in office

This seat is open — no candidate on the November ballot currently holds it. Damon Connolly (Democratic) is a sitting Assemblymember and is lead author of 35 bills in the 2025–2026 session, 9 of them signed into law. Tief Gibbs has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress; these records cover only those offices. Per the California Legislature's public bill data (leginfo bulk download), retrieved 2026-08-03.

Record details

Connolly — AB 258 (2025): Fairs: allocation of revenues: gross receipts for sales and use tax. Connolly — AB 419 (2025): Educational equity: immigration enforcement. Connolly — AB 754 (2025): Floating home marinas: rent caps: County of Marin. Committee assignments and the most recently signed-into-law bills each record-holder lead-authored, from the official legislative record.

Financial info

Small donors
Individuals
PACs & committees
Businesses & other orgs
Self-funding

Damon Connolly

$1,245,374 raised

Small donors$8,3061%
Individuals$323,42026%
PACs & committees$608,79749%
Businesses & other orgs$290,07524%
Self-funding$500<1%

Tief Gibbs has no contributions reported to Cal-Access for this race.

Figures are CA Form 460 filings through June 30, 2026 by committees controlled by each candidate, and can include transfers from a candidate's earlier committees. Semi-annual reports covering January–June 2026 were due July 31, 2026, so some totals lag a period behind. Per the California Secretary of State's Cal-Access raw data export, retrieved 2026-08-03.

June 2 primary — how they advanced

Damon Connolly (Democratic)73.4% · 232,240 votes

Tief Gibbs (Republican)16.2% · 51,149 votes

Aaron Smith (Republican)10.5% · 33,112 votes

Source review: Very strong (98/100) · 3 cited sources

Official records anchor this contest, with multiple sources checked.

sos.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)CA Secretary of State — Statement of Vote, June 2, 2026 primary (certified 2026-07-10)
downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)California Legislative Information — public bill data (bulk download)
sos.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)Cal-Access raw data export — California Secretary of State

Last updated August 3, 2026.